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Resources For Women Students

Did you know...

  • 28% of U.S. women held a bachelor’s degrees or higher in 2007, an increase of 11% from 20 years earlier.
  • California, New York and Texas had the highest percentages of women-owned businesses in the United States in 2002. 13% in California, 8% in New York and 7% in Texas.
  • Women earned at least $5,000 more than their husbands in 18% of married couples in 2007.
  • Women in computer and mathematical jobs had median earnings of almost $62,000, the highest among 26 major occupational groups in 2007.
  • 62% of tax preparers in the United States were women, according to a 2007 study.
  • The percentage of women in the US Armed Forces increased to 14% in 2007, compared to only 2% in 1950.
  • If single women earned as much as men in comparable jobs, their incomes would rise by more than 13% and the percentage of US women in poverty would be reduced from 6% to 1%.

Sources: US Census Bureau, AFL-CIO

Opportunities and Resources

American Association of University Women
"Selected Professions" Fellowships, American Fellowships and International Fellowships for U.S. female citizens and international women graduate students in fields where women’s participation traditionally has been low or for other graduate level support. Also Career Development Grants, Community Action Grants, and Campus Action Projects

American Physical Society (APS), APS/IBM Research Internship for Undergraduate Women
Salaried positions at an IBM research location designed to encourage undergraduate women students to pursue graduate studies in science and engineering

American Society of Women Accountants
Support for the costs of attending 3rd, 4th or 5th year towards an accounting or finance degree for students who have completed their sophomore year of college (or 60 semester hours or the equivalent by time of scholarship award) and are majoring in accounting or finance

ArtTable
Summer Internship for Diversity in the Visual Arts Professions (with stipend) to help young women of diverse backgrounds enter the visual arts community. One-on-one mentoring relationships with ArtTable members, who are distinguished women in the field, to gain exposure to a range of professional activities

Association for Women in Science
Awards for undergraduate and predoctoral students, including graduate students who interrupted their education for at least three years to raise a family

Feminist Majority Foundation
Internships in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles for highly motivated undergraduate students with an interest in public policy and political science, particularly in areas concerning gender, human rights and development

National Organization for Women
Unpaid Internships include opportunities to organize and attend Congressional and U.S. Supreme Court hearings, press conferences, demonstrations and rallies; a "how to lobby" workshop; training on campus organizing, coalition building and networking; weekly intern discussion groups and field trips on a wide range of feminist issues which are led by National NOW staff and officers; and more

The National Women’s Studies Association

  • NWSA Graduate Scholarship Award for a student who, in the fall of the year of the award, will be engaged in the research or writing stages of a Master's Thesis or Ph.D. dissertation in the interdisciplinary field of women's studies
  • Lesbian Caucus Scholarship in recognition of a Master’s Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation research project that resonates with the mission of NWSA and the goals of the Lesbian Caucus
  • NWSA WOMEN OF COLOR CAUCUS AWARDS for graduate students of African descent, graduate students of Latina descent, graduate students of Asian/Asian-American/Pacific-Islander/ Arab/Middle East Asian descent, graduate students of African Native American/American Indian/Alaskan Native descent

The Vanguard Women in Information Technology Scholarship Program
Merit-based scholarships for women entering their senior year of college who are majoring in computer science, computer engineering, web design, or another IT-related discipline

Women Work! The National Network for Women's Employment
Internships in Development, Communications, Membership and Field Services, Special Projects, and Public Policy for a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization based in Washington, D.C. that advances economic justice and equality for women through education, advocacy and organizing

UT Offices and Organizations